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Jun 19, 2012

Fun Western movies

With the upsurge ofnew Western moviesbeing released by contemporary directors
such asQuentin
Tarantino (Pulp
Fiction, Kill Bill),Gore
Verbinski (Pirates
of the Carribean) and the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men); and the popularity of the video game Red Dead Redemption, it
looks like the Western is making a comeback from the $1 bin at the movie store! To help you get
excited forWhiskey for My
Men, Beer for My Horses, here's a collection of some of the most iconic Western movies. You can kick off your boots and watch some good movies before tasting some ice-cold microbrews and hand-crafted whiskey at the event next Fri., June 29 on Fri., Aug 17.

"Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973)
by Sam Peckinpah. Starring James Coburn,
Kris Kristofferson,Bob Dylan (image source).
This was filmed on location in Durango,
Mex.,
and was plagued with
production
controversies.
Peckinpah released a 1988
version of the film, a product significantly
different from the theatrical version.

John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Howard Keel (imagesource). According to John Wayne, the fight scene in
the saloon was his 500th on-screen fight. Just three years
earlier, Wayne had undergone major surgery involving
the removal of his left lung and several ribs, requiring
the use of an oxygen mask during
the early production phases.

"High Noon" (1952) by Fred Zinnemann
Staring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly,
Thomas Mitchell (image source).
"High Noon" deviated from the standard
western motifs of violence, action and
picturesque landscape shots because of its
focus on the emotional and moralistic
problems of the plot. The Soviet Union
criticized the film as "a glorification of
the individual"; many American leaders
such as Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower
and Bill Clinton favored this movie.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) by George Roy Hill.
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross (imagesource).
In 2003, the United States National Film Registry selected this film for
preservation as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
William Goldman also won the Academy Award for Best Original
Screenplay for the film.